DO IT YOURSELF

Handcrafting wooden furniture is an American tradition, and tole painting is a European tradition that has become an American folk art. Now these two popular crafts have been combined into a 16-page guidebook featuring four projects.

Pictured is a doll cradle that you can build and paint with just a few supplies and basic tools. It is 19 inches long, 11 inches wide and 12 1/2 inches tall. Also included in the guidebook are a wall planter, a two-tiered spice rack and a wall-mounted coat rack. The guidebook gives step-by-step directions, photographs, diagrams and full-sized traceable patterns for building and painting all the projects.